The sun’s convection zone plays a key role in the generation and evolution of the Sun’s magnetic field. Analyzing data sets spanning more than 20 years, researchers have obtained the …read more Source:: Science
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How birds evolved big brains
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Evolutionary biologists and paleontologists have reconstructed the evolution of the avian brain using a massive dataset of brain volumes from dinosaurs, extinct birds like Archaeopteryx and the great auk, and …read more Source:: Science
Nextstrain seeks JavaScript developers to combat COVID-19
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By Serdar Yegulalp Nextstrain, an open source project to provide real-time tracking information about the evolution of pathogens, has put out a call for JavaScript developers to help build out its …read more Source:: OpenSource
Unique non-oxygen breathing animal discovered
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Scientists have discovered a new non-oxygen breathing animal. The tiny, less than 10-celled parasite demonstrates that evolution can go in strange directions, the researchers say. …read more Source:: Science
New data on the evolution of plants and origin of species
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There are over 500,000 plant species in the world today. They all evolved from a common ancestor. How this leap in biodiversity happened is still unclear. Researchers now present the …read more Source:: Science
Black holes stunt growth of dwarf galaxies
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Astronomers have discovered that powerful winds driven by supermassive black holes in the centers of dwarf galaxies have a significant impact on the evolution of these galaxies by suppressing star …read more Source:: Science
Storms on Jupiter are disturbing the planet’s colorful belts
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Coordinated observations of Jupiter in early 2017 by six ground-based telescopes and Hubble allowed astronomers to study the evolution of bright plumes and connect them with cloud movements deep in …read more Source:: Science
Jurassic fossil shows how early mammals could swallow like their modern descendants
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The 165-million-year-old fossil of Microdocodon gracilis, a tiny, shrew-like animal, shows the earliest example of modern hyoid bones in mammal evolution. …read more Source:: Science
Evolution of life in the ocean changed 170 million years ago
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New research identifies a previously overlooked global event which changed the course of the evolution of life in the oceans. It coincided with a rise in calcium carbonate-secreting plankton and …read more Source:: Science
Pain free, thanks to evolution
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African mole-rats are insensitive to many different kinds of pain. This characteristic has even allowed mole-rats to populate new habitats, researchers report. Thanks to a genetic change, the highveld mole-rat …read more Source:: Science